Adrift
A Novel
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5.0 • 2 Ratings
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- $20.99
Publisher Description
The author of the “master class in suspense” (Shari Lapena, New York Times bestselling author) The Chamber returns with a high-tension thriller about a family’s descent into darkness that is perfect for fans of Dennis Lehane and Lisa Jewell.
Peggy and Drew, both aspiring writers, move to an isolated canal boat with their fourteen-year-old son. Peggy is the glue that holds their family together, even as their son is bullied relentlessly for his physique and his family’s lack of money. But when Drew becomes frustrated by his wife’s sudden writing success, he moves their boat further and further from civilization.
With their increasing isolation, personal challenges become harder to ignore, even as they desperately try to break toxic generational patterns. But when Drew’s gaslighting becomes too much for Peggy to take, it sets off a catastrophic series of events.
With Will Dean’s signature “well-drawn characters and excellent prose” (Sarah Pearse, New York Times bestselling author), Adrift is gripping exploration of the ties that bind when everything spirals out of control.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
A writer’s toxic husband crosses the line from dangerous to psychotic in this fraught psychological thriller. Aggressive and controlling, one-time literary star Drew has moved his family onto a canal boat as he plans his comeback. But when his wife Peggy’s own novel steals the spotlight, his manipulative behaviour escalates to horrifying proportions, driving Peggy to dire lengths to save herself and their vulnerable son, Samson. A master of dark suspense, Will Dean takes us inside the deeply troubled minds of his three main characters, expertly illustrating the keenly honed cruelty that will drive Peggy and Samson to despair. Slowly building up the subtle bullying and isolation, he skilfully keeps the pressure on this finely drawn trio, using alternating points of view to trap us with them in their shrinking—and at times terrifying—world. Claustrophobic in every sense of the word, Adrift casts the romantic idea of life on the water in a disturbing new light.
